St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11

not be of Importance to us, as it is not
prominent connection for our North Ameri-
can. 1t gives access to the South only, and
the South gives little business Then, too,
the United lines have contract with the
Baltimore g. Ohio for an interchange Of busi-
ness which the sale cannot affect. Bv our
contract with the United lines we get the ben
eft of all the contracts with other companies.
The North American is all right. 1t was
never in such satisfactory condition as 1t is
at present. We have connection with every
city OF any Importance north of Wash ington,
Cincinnati and st. Louis.sWe go as far north
ward az Montreal ana westward to the coast.
The Western Union has a formidable rival in
this Mackey system.
Cross, Hicks & Carleton-In your account
of the overrung of the motion for new
trial in the case OF John Leppla VS.. The Min
nesota Tribune company, you state as one of
the grounds of the motion, the unbecomng
conduct on the part of one of the attorneys
when the case was tried. AS the motion was
made by our firm for the defendant this
could only refer to the attorney for the
plaintiff, our friend, Thomas CAVITY, Per-
nit us to say that while the motion was made
on the ground that the attorney for the plain
tiff referred TO some facts which were not in
evidence, which we thought might have
prejudiced the jury, we did not in our mo-
ton design to even convey the impression,
and much less to assert, that Mr.. Cauty's
conduct was unbecoming; technically speak
ing we might have to assume that making
statement of facts which might be true, but
not in evidence on the trial, in the language
of the statutes might be misconduct of the
party, and it might legally so be termed, pos
slbl,. but we should be very far from calling
any conduct of Mr.. Canty'S in the common
sense us unbecoming. us Mr.. Canty is a gen.
tleInan whom we regard very highly and
should not at any time consider or call his
conduct unbecoming, although technically
anpipI the cOurt for q triHl Simplv
because there were some statements of facts
to the jury which had not been proved which
were made in the heat of his argument to the
jury. We write this without his knowledge
in order that an injustice may not be done
him.
Ed A. StevenS-It does not follow that be-
cause Il mans term of Office is near at end
that he must be provided for, even though
he be a Republican. Among those promi-
nently named for police commissionership
is one whom L know to be not only libertine
and can-can participant, but one who has
descended so low as to palm a professional
prostitute on his wife as respectable
woman, and allowed his wife to become the
butt of every hackman in the city by reason
of the companionship so brought about.
Members of the police force know the man
and his habits TOO well to make mistake in
designating him. The stream will not be
purer than its source. The commission should
be such as to command respect, if nothing
more
The people of the Seventh ward are evil
IDENTIFY believers in water, and plenty of it.
The whole territory is flooded, and in some
places the water is several feet deep. Some
OF the houses are entirely surrounded by
water and the owners are compelled to use a
boat in getting to the street, or else swim
for it,
Since the improvements at the court house
have been going on, Commissioner John
Swift has haunted the building, being deter
mined to see that things are fixed right, and
it is needless to say that no errors will 'go'
The building is now in pretty respectable
shape, and a person can work there without
getting typhoid OF malarial fever.